Example sentences of "[pron] he [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within himself he would have a sensation of liquefying with giggles and of becoming extremely thin , like a puddle . |
| 2 | For himself he will take a handful of the pencils they always leave out for you … |
| 3 | Terry B says it 's great to be back and he 's heard there 's a race for the over fifties which he may have a go at … he 's getting itchy feet and will soon be back riding for trainers … he 's also got his old job back as a steward at Worcester races and his public still love him |
| 4 | Moreover , he did not envisage any circumstances in which he would exercise a right to intervene . |
| 5 | Scrutton L.J. , at p. 67 , said that the payment was demanded by the Shipping Controller colore officii , as one of the only terms on which he would grant a licence for the transfer , and he quoted Abbott C.J. and Littledale J. in Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 . |
| 6 | Dworkin himself suggests that no one has an individual right to have enforced all the laws of the nation , only those which he would have a right to have enacted if they were not already law . |
| 7 | Certainly the picture of him during this period is of a man haunted by guilt and remorse ; it seems that he felt he had no right to happiness , and the death of his wife had only served to convince him that he had done some irreparable harm to another human being , for which he must undergo a period of punishment . |
| 8 | The best solution might thus be for the centre bollard to be held in place with a padlock , for which he will have a key . |
| 9 | For , hard on the heels of being asked to play in Jack Nicklaus 's Memorial Tournament in June , he has also been invited to play in the Benson & Hedges International at St Mellion , prior to which he will play a practice round with Jose Maria Olazabal , himself a former British Amateur champion . |
| 10 | The subjunctive in French allows the speaker to adopt this purely imaginary position from which he can give a verdict on whether a happening should have occurred or not . |
| 11 | From morning to dusk on all days except the Sabbath , he was out in the marketplace among the other merchants trading in any commodity with which he could make a profit , including money itself . |
| 12 | The king never turned up and the laird was left with paths on which he could hold a formula one race . |
| 13 | He always required an underlying form from which he could then depart , just as he tended to use a literary " model " from which he could derive a manner and a tone . |
| 14 | He gestured around at the conglomeration of abandoned implements , hardly any of which he could put a name on . |
| 15 | Johnson , however , fully aware of the likely number of biographers he might attract before and after his death , found here a biography in which he could have a say , thus not only securing his immortality , but controlling it . |
| 16 | Local man Paul McAllister heard the screams and raced to the scene with a ladder which he used to reach a bedroom window . |
| 17 | Instead , Wilby left the Midland Bank in Barnsley with a £2,500 cheque account , which he used to buy a car . |
| 18 | Mind you he 'll change a lot . |
| 19 | Mitchell and White ran themselves into the ground and Nicky Summerbee tried everything he could to get a goal . |
| 20 | ‘ I told him he would make a fortune . |
| 21 | He admired the beast rapturously ; he took the owner out to dinner , assured him he would make a fortune , and advised him to write to King Louis Philippe on the matter . |
| 22 | Giving marks for written work can help the student to assess how well he is doing and can serve as reinforcement ( either because good marks tell him he is making satisfactory progress or because poor marks will tell him he must make a grater effort ) . |
| 23 | Vortigern consulted magicians who told him he should build a stronghold in Wales but as his workers set to work on a hill in Snowdonia their building materials sank into the earth . |
| 24 | A reward becomes a bribe if when the child behaves badly ( the PB ) , an adult tells him he can get a reward if he stops . |
| 25 | After a few scotches , he told her he 'd buy a dishwasher , throwing in a string of fatuous clichés about her delicate hands , sparkling and making her laugh . |
| 26 | He looked at me as though he was trying to work out which part of me he would take a bit out of . |
| 27 | so I thought right , she said to me he 'd want a bottle , so come like ten past eleven , he 's like whinging , he 's drunk all his milk , then went up and come down and eat all his dinner and his pudding |
| 28 | Eliot was a lonely man , and Hayward was the only single person he knew with whom he could share a flat . |
| 29 | And since he could not sign it he would use a seal . |
| 30 | Therefore , will he do what he can to encourage a response from small authorities to adopt the new powers ? |